Google uses death of Windows XP to push Chromebooks on businesses

Microsoft ends support for Windows XP today, and Google is using the opportunity to promote Chrome OS as a replacement. It's beginning to offer a number of discounts on its Chromebooks for Business program that will run through the end of June, with hopes that businesses finally being forced to switch away from the classic operating system will look to Chromebooks instead of new PCs to replace it. It's a small gesture by Google — just a $100 or so discount — but it underscores the continuing battle between it and Microsoft, which has been using its "Scroogled" campaign to malign Chromebooks and other Google products.

It seems that Microsoft has become afraid of Chromebooks, and rightfully so. Google's simple OS is familiar to...

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